T cell chemotaxis to lysophosphatidylcholine through the G2A receptor
AUTOR(ES)
Radu, Caius G.
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
G2A is an immunoregulatory G protein-coupled receptor predominantly expressed in lymphocytes and macrophages. Ectopic overexpression studies have implicated G2A as a receptor for the bioactive lysophospholipid, lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). However, the functional consequences of LPC–G2A interaction at physiological levels of receptor expression, and in a cellular context relevant to its immunological role, remain largely unknown. Here, we show impaired chemotaxis to LPC of a T lymphoid cell line in which G2A expression was chronically down-regulated by RNA interference technology. Rescuing this phenotype by reconstitution of the physiological level of receptor expression further supports a functional connection between LPC–G2A interaction and cellular motility. Overexpression of G2A in the T lymphoid cell line significantly enhanced chemotaxis to LPC. It also modified migration toward the LPC-related molecule, lysophosphatidic acid, indicating the possibility of crosstalk between G2A and endogenous lysophosphatidic acid receptors. The role of G2A in LPC-mediated cell migration may be relevant to the autoimmune syndrome associated with genetic inactivation of this G protein-coupled receptor in mice. The experimental system described here can be useful for understanding the structural requirements for LPC recognition by G2A and the signaling pathways regulated by this ligand-receptor pair.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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